Techniques used in poetry

This is where we will revise the various techniques used in poetry study.

These include: metaphor, simile, personification, assonance, alliteration, onomatopaeia, rhythm and rhyme.

Techniques can also include: tone of voice, narrative perspective, description, effective adjectives and adverbs.

Still other techniques could include: enjambment, oxymorons, hyperbole and the effective use of punctuation.

Read the following links to revise poetic techniques. (Another term for this is poetic "devices".)